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University of Mary company history timeline

1959

In 1959, the Benedictine Sisters of the Annunciation opened Mary College, offering four-year undergraduate degrees in nursing and education.

Follow our highlights and growth, from 1959 to the present.

The school was officially founded as a women's college in 1959 as Mary College.

1960

Sister Berchmans Walsh, RSHM, becomes Marymount’s second president, serving until 1960.

1963

Our Lady of the Annunciation Chapel was consecrated in 1963 in the second phase of construction.

1986

In 1986, the university began offering master's degrees in nursing, management, and education.

Mary College rapidly expanded and became fully co-educational in the 1960s. It achieved university status — becoming the University of Mary — in 1986.

2001

Sister Eymard Gallagher, RSHM, becomes Marymount’s fourth president, serving until 2001.

2006

The first 26 candidates in this program received their entry-level clinical doctorate in 2006.

In 2006, UMary initiated the Gary Tharaldson School of Business.

2008

The 29,000-square-foot (2,700 m) flagship facility that houses the Gary Tharaldson School opened in September 2008.

2010

The first students to study in this Rome program left the United States in the Fall of 2010.

The Catholic Studies Program, an initiative of UMary President Monsignor James P. Shea, was also launched in the fall of 2010.

2011

Doctor James E. Bundschuh becomes Marymount’s fifth president and first lay leader, serving until 2011.

2021

Annual revenues in 2021 were $81.9 million.

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